The Mortal Instruments: City of Lost Souls

By Cassandra Clare

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RL 5.1

PTS 22.0

     In the fifth installment of the book series The Mortal Instruments, City of Lost Souls was the best book, so far, in my opinion.  The book starts off where the fourth book, City of Fallen Angels, left off: Jace being possessed by Lilith and now linked to Clary's real brother, Sebastian, is nowhere to be found. Not only is Clary the one who wants to find him, but also Isabelle, Alec, Maryse, the Clave, and the Silent Brothers.  It takes Clary a while to come up with a brave and wild plan that involved her going with Jace and Sebastian and pretending to think their side was the right one.  In the middle of the book, Clary knows that the Jace she is with now is not her Jace, but an empty one that didn't act like the original Jace that she loved so dearly.  Then one miraculous night, Jace becomes the real Jace and leaves to get ready for the ritual Sebastian was planning for.  Sebastian and Clary get into a fight while Jace was away and finally confesses to Clary "who he belonged to."  Sebastian then later forces Clary to come with hime to the ritual so that he may call upon the Greater Demon, Lilith.  In the end of the book, Clary is given Archangel Michael's sword, Glorious, so that she may stab Sebastian in the chest and severe the bond between Jace and him.  Clary ends up stabbing Jace in the chest and they were both injected by the heavenly fire that was inside of Glorious.  Jace's wound made him end up in the infirmary at the Institute.  When Clary went to go see Jace in the infirmary, he tole her that he can burn people just by touching them because the heavenly fire was coursing all throughout his body.  The cliffhanger that I despised was when Maryse went to go show the Silent Brothers the ripped off angel wings and a note from someone that said, "Erchomas. I'm coming."  I suggest people read City of Lost Souls because it has action on every page, romance, fighting, angels and demons, good vs. evil, and detailed third-person description that makes it seem like you're watching a movie in your head.

Reviewer: Amariah Torres

Cassandra Clare

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